Greetings to all our listeners as we bring you the 10th episode of BZDiocese podcast and the first episode for 2024. Thank you for your support during 2023 and we promise to continue bringing you important spiritual insights to help you on your journey with God.

In this episode we speak with Fr, Jeremy Zipple a Jesuit priest who answers questions on Lent- a time of Renewal. Around the world on Ash Wednesday Christians fill churches to receive ashes on their foreheads and to start the season of Lent. But too often, we forget all about Lent until the Holy Week.

Fr. Jeremy shares about how we can remain focused on renewal and continue to participate in church activities throughout the Lenten season.

In this final episode of our podcast for 2023, our guest, recently ordained priest, Fr. Shajir Pech, gives us a deep insight into the true meaning of Christmas. After waiting faithfully during the Advent season, he shows us that now we can celebrate fully because we understand why. We are taken through the various themes of nativity, emerging with eager anticipation of fully celebrating the birthday of our Lord.
We invite you all to start the celebration by attending Christmas Eve Mass, thanking God for this great Gift, and asking him to help us prepare for the second coming of his Son Jesus Christ, our Saviour and King.
The resource team of the Pastoral Diocesan Communications Center thank you for your support during 2023. We look forward to bringing you more faith building content in 2024. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year, 2024.

Christmas is right around the corner, but Advent comes first- a time of waiting and hope. Learn the significance of this important season to Catholics as Rev. Fr. Jordan Gongora, Vicar General of the Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan, explains to BZCatholic podcast hosts, Pete Castillo and Ruben Wong

Join hosts Pete Castillo and Ruben Wong as they discuss Halloween and its relation to All Saints Day and All Souls Day with guest Rev. Fr. Amelio Chi. Fr. Chi is the new pastor of the Holy Redeemer Cathedral and shared insights into this old but often misunderstood connection.

"Going to Mass on Sunday is good but its a call to be a disciple, a call to use our gifts and our time and talents to work to build up God's kingdom". Permanent Deacon Lawrence Mangar answers our questions on what it is to be a permanendeacon in the Catholic church. This is an informal,down to earth discussion of a topic that usually leaves more questions than answers. Tune in to this 6th episode of BZDiocese podcast and get the answers you have been seeking and maybe get inspired to answer the call to this important vocation.

In this episode of BZDiocese Podcast our hosts Pete Castillo and Ruben Wong speak with guests Robert Robinson, Chair of the Diocesan Youth Ministry and Nora Arana, Director of the Diocesan Youth Ministry about plans to revitalize the new ministry.
At the recent ordinations of Reverend Fathers Pech and Medina, Bishop Nicasio announced Ms. Nora Arana's appointment to the director's post replacing Ms. Miriam who is undergoing preparation for Religious Vocation. We wish Miriam all the best and pledge our support to Nora in this new undertaking.

June is considered the month of Family and this month our topic is Family-a Gift to Cherish. In our podcast Rocio and Luis Carballo and Alva Belisle share insights on what the family means to them. Together we look at the role of the family and the differences from the families of yesterday. In the end we show hoe God is necessary to build and maintain stronger families today. We pray that through our podcast someone or some family will bepositively influenced.

There will always be discussions about Mary, the Mother of God. In fact the question of, Why Love Mary has plagued us for over two thousand years. In this Episode our guest, Fr. Zachary Shallow, of The Mother of God (how aptly named), a SOLT priest will help us to clarify many of the issues sorrounding this topic.
Through this podcast, we want to bring the truth about Mary to our audience so they can really know her and have a deeper love and respect for her. We hope that Mary will play a bigger part in their/our daily lives and enable us to speak more boldly about. And finally we hope that we may have a richer Devotion to Mary. We want to leave our audience convinced that Mary is the Mother of God and is worthy of being loved, cherished and venerated.

The Synodal Journey launched by Pope Francis in 2021 marches on. Stories abound on the different processes, struggles and challenges facing Catholic dioceses across the world. All are unique and help to provide for listeners wherever they are,a better picture of this global journey.
Fr. Scott Gugliani, SOLT priest of the Divine Mercy Church in Belize City and Abel Vargas, co-chair of the Pastoral Life Commission, shares the exciting journey and faith messages coming out of the journey that started in Belize.
Join hosts, Pete Castillo and Ruben Wong, co-chair and chair of the Media and Communication Resource Team of the Catholic Diocese of Belize City and Belmopan, as they lead this exciting episode.